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Auction 121  6-8 Oct 2022
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Lot 629

Estimate: 2000 USD
Price realized: 3750 USD
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KINGS of MAURETANIA. Juba II, with Kleopatra Selene. 25 BC-AD 24. AR Denarius (19mm, 2.86 g, 5h). Caesarea mint. Struck circa AD 11-23. Diademed head of Juba right / Draped bust of Kleopatra Selene left. Mazard 361; MAA 108; SNG Copenhagen 566. Toned, cleaning scratches. EF.

From the Weise Collection. Ex Peus 386 (26 April 2006), lot 478.

Juba II proved himself one of Rome's most loyal client kings, and in AD 11 Augustus honored him with marriage to Kleopatra Selene, the daughter of Kleopatra VII and Mark Antony. The resulting son, Ptolemy, succeeded Juba II in AD 24, and was the last of the Ptolemaic line.
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